Elder brother's garrison

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She had already thought of this solution.

The reason why I hadn't brought this up with Pompeii earlier was because I had subtly sensed from Pompeii and Zara's previous words and actions that these two ship girls didn't seem to be the type who intended to join someone's naval base.

Just as Pompeii said, she now yearns for freedom and unrestraint.

The mercenary leader just now was kicked by Pompey because he was trying to recruit him.

So, as for Pompeii, Xiaobai really doesn't know if she'll kick him after hearing his recruitment request.

—Be careful what you say and do.

Looking at the dejected Pompeii, Xiaobai racked his brains trying to figure out how to express his intentions in a tactful way that wouldn't offend Pompeii.

Xiao Bai was thinking.

A series of footsteps sounded from the street.

"Ah, it's here!"

Upon hearing the voice that was clearly directed at Xiaobai and himself, Pompeii, who was standing dejectedly to the side, shuddered and quickly raised his head.

"Damn it, we've been chatting for too long, and the mercenary group has come looking for us!"

Pompeii called out to Xiaobai in frustration, then quickly reached out and pulled Xiaobai behind him. He spread his arms wide with a righteous air, standing tall and proud like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and glared at the source of the sound.

"Stop right there! Don't come any closer! I, Pompeii, am a man of principle, and I take full responsibility for my actions! Come at me if you have a problem!!" Pompeii shoved Little White behind him.

"Huh? Pompeii... wait, wait a minute..."

"Don't worry about me, they can't do anything to me, you run!" Pompeii lowered his head and whispered nervously to Little White behind him, "Trust in my strength!"

"Uh... I, I know, but..."

"It's okay, don't worry about me, I can take care of myself. You go back and tell Zara!"

"Okay, but..."

"I know! I know you're worried about me, but I'm okay. You're the one in danger here right now! There's really no need to explain. Time is precious. I can let go as soon as you escape..."

"Pompeii!" Before Pompeii could finish speaking, Xiaobai shouted Pompeii's name, stood on tiptoe, and cupped Pompeii's face in her hands. "I understand, but let me finish speaking first!"

"Hmm?" Pompeii was stunned when Xiaobai cupped his face and covered his mouth.

“Those aren’t mercenary group ship girls! Those are my ship girls!” Xiaobai said to Pompeii.

"..." Pompeii.

"do you understand."

"..." Pompeii stared blankly at Little White.

"do you understand!"

"..." Pompeii nodded.

Xiao Bai then slowly released Pompeii's face.

Pompeii turned his head and stared blankly at the source of the sound.

Five ship girls stood not far from the street, each with a different expression as they looked in their direction.

Aside from two white-haired, dark-themed ship girls—one yawning incessantly and the other muttering excitedly with her head down—three other ship girls carrying large and small bags of breakfast were also smiling and watching this side.

"Good morning, great senior Pompeii." Missouri, who was holding a bag of breakfast, waved to Shiro and Pompeii from between the three ship girls.

Pompeii blushed.

Pompeii's recent immature behavior gradually resurfaced in his mind.

Pompeii was so ashamed he wanted to disappear.

“…Ah.” Pompeii lowered his head, white smoke hissing from his forehead, and said with some difficulty, “These…so these are your ship girls, Admiral Xiaobai…”

“Yeah… Pompeii, didn’t you see Missouri and the others this morning?” Xiaobai said with a helpless expression.

"Uh... well, how should I put it... just now it was a bit... well..." Pompeii was still in a daze, struggling to find the right words, "So, you know..."

"It's normal for Missouri and the great Pompeii to be a little unfamiliar with each other since this is their first meeting, right?" Just as Pompeii was struggling with her thoughts, Missouri walked up to Shiro and Pompeii with the ship girls behind her and smiled at Pompeii without any hesitation.

“Ah. Yes! That’s it!” Pompeii nodded rapidly upon hearing Missouri’s words.

“Speaking of which, we just walked around the beach and didn’t see you Admiral at all. We didn’t expect you to come to the center of the village with the great Pompeii!” Missouri said with a smile, taking out a portion of the bag of snacks in her hand and handing it to Pompeii. “Great Pompeii, this is breakfast for you.”

"Thank you... Uh, and you don't need to call me the great Senior Pompeii... Just call me Pompeii." Pompeii accepted the breakfast bag from Missouri with both hands.

“Okay, Missouri understands, Senior Pompeii,” Missouri replied with a smile.

"..." Pompeii.

"However, Admiral, what happened that you and this Miss Pompeii came to the center of the village?" Iowa walked up to Xiaobai, handed her a bag of snacks, and asked curiously.

"Well... how should I put it, something happened..." Xiaobai took the bag of snacks from Iowa, and was a little hesitant to look Iowa in the eye.

"What happened?"

“We just saw a mercenary group in the center of the village,” Xiaobai said.

"Ah, a mercenary group has appeared here..." Missouri was somewhat surprised when she heard Xiaobai's words. "That's really rare."

"Missouri does know about mercenary groups after all..."

“Well, when Missouri was traveling in human society, he had a few chance encounters with some mercenary groups.” Missouri nodded, giving Little White a somewhat embarrassed smile. “How should I put it? While they are indeed there to help people, most of them are also somewhat troublesome organizations…”

"As expected..." Xiaobai sighed.

Judging from Missouri's expression, Pompeii's view of the mercenary group was indeed not prejudiced.

"Missouri, are you often harassed by mercenary groups?" Xiaobai asked.

“Missouri? Well…” Missouri thought for a moment, “Missouri rarely travels as a ship girl. She spends most of her time hiding her identity, living in human cities and interacting with humans… So, at least the mercenary groups don’t harass Missouri as much as the scouts guarding her doorstep when she lives in a human city.”

"Oh...that's good, that's good." Xiaobai nodded in relief, then looked at Pompeii with some curiosity, "Hey, by the way, since you and Zara hate mercenary groups so much, why don't you go to human cities?"

"Go beg in human cities?" Pompeii shrugged helplessly. "Zara and I are only good at fighting; we're completely inept at human jobs."

“Uh…that’s true.” Xiaobai.

Indeed, Missouri's success is something that cannot be replicated...

"Admiral, you haven't told us what happened after you met the mercenary group," Wisconsin said, frowning. "And then, what did those bad guys in the mercenary group do to you?"

Strictly speaking, no.

"Hey... you guys actually got along peacefully with the mercenary group..."

"Uh... peaceful coexistence is not an option either."

"Huh? So what did you do?"

"Well... I didn't do anything... I just beat up the mercenary group leader without saying a word... that's all."

"..." The three Iowa sisters remained silent.

"No wonder it's been so noisy in the city center since the beginning..." The ship girls muttered nonchalantly as Abyssal Yamato yawned, then gave Shiro a thumbs up and smiled, "Shiro, well done!"

Little White has unknowingly grown into an excellent admiral who knows how to bully others by taking advantage of his power.

We're starting to feel more and more like a family.

The Deep Sea Yamato, who prides itself on being chaotic evil, is somewhat moved by this.

"Uh... I'm sorry, it was me. It has nothing to do with your admiral." Pompeii, seeing that Abyssal Yamato seemed about to misunderstand Shiro, quickly raised his hand and confessed with some shame, "I acted impulsively..."

“It was made before Pompeii…” Missouri covered her mouth and nodded thoughtfully.

"I'm sorry," Pompeii said dejectedly, "but I'll try my best not to be a burden to you..."

"No need," Xiaobai quickly gave a thumbs up and said to Pompeii, "Pompeii, you don't need to apologize. I won't abandon you and Zara."

"But……"

“Our admiral is here on a legitimate mission. From a standpoint of fact, even if you weren’t here, senior Pompeii, a conflict between our admiral and the mercenary group would still be unavoidable.” Missouri saw through Xiaobai’s meaning and then explained to Pompeii with a smile, “So, if you seniors are here and we have your help, we will feel much more at ease.”

“Thank you…” Pompeii looked at Missouri with emotion, “You are such good people…”

Chapter 1311 The Virtuous Wife and Loving Mother Yamato

After thoroughly understanding the situation, in order to avoid encountering the mercenary ship girls, Shiro and the ship girls left the streets and returned to the seaside.

Sitting on the beach, everyone opened their breakfast bags and ate fried dough sticks and soy milk while enjoying the sea breeze.

"In short, now that things have happened between you, Admiral, and the mercenary group, what should we do next?"

While leisurely eating breakfast, Missouri and the others asked Xiaobai about their next move.

Regarding Pompeii's attack on the mercenary leader and the resulting enmity from them, the ship girls were actually quite indifferent.

After all... for a super-large naval base like the Newbie Naval Base, the opinion of a small civilian organization on whether they admire or hate them is utterly insignificant.

In any case, when faced with a rookie naval base, the only thing a civilian organization that dares to provoke can decide is how it will die.

"What's next?" Xiaobai thought for a moment, holding a half-eaten fried dough stick. "Hmm... I'm not quite sure. If it's a mercenary group, what would they do?"

“Mercenary groups have a lot of underhanded tricks up their sleeves, but for now… at least we don’t seem to have to worry about that,” Pompeii said.

"Why?"

“Well… I’m sure that kick of mine will keep that captain asleep for at least a morning…” Pompeii said. “So even if the mercenary group wants to use some tricks, that’s something for the captain to do once he wakes up.”

"Oh ho." Xiaobai nodded.

Pompeii's kick was quite powerful.

"In that case, I'd like to go check on Jinghua before that commander wakes up," Xiaobai said.

"Mirror Flower?" The ship girl looked at Xiaobai curiously.

“Hmm. Aren’t we the ones Jinghua hired to deal with the anomalies in this sea area? Now there’s a new mercenary group in the village, and some business conflicts have arisen. In short, I think we should go and consult with the people who hired us,” Xiaobai said. “After all, if Jinghua and the others suddenly don’t want to hire us anymore and want to hand things over to the mercenary group, then we’ll have to find another way.”

"Huh? Aren't you guys thinking about how to defeat the mercenaries?" Pompeii stared blankly at Xiaobai. "Their leader is knocked unconscious by me. This is a golden opportunity to strike first!"

“Well…we’ve never fought a mercenary group before, so we don’t really know what to do in this situation…maybe we should just wait for them to make the first move.” Xiaobai said to Pompeii with a smile, “The mercenary group is quiet right now, so it’s a good time for us to go find Jinghua and the others.”

"..." Pompeii silently looked at the other ship girls.

The other ship girls, holding pancakes, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns, all had expressions of agreement, saying, "Admiral, you make a good point. I'll give you +1."

Pompeii remained silent.

Is this the confidence of the strong...?

Pompeii held half a fried dough stick, somewhat bewildered.

After breakfast.

The group hurried towards Jinghua's house.

While Xiaobai was eating breakfast, Jinghua and her teacher had already returned home.

Under the sunlight, the door of Jinghua's house was wide open. A small blackboard was set up at the door. Jinghua's teacher was sitting next to the blackboard, holding a box of chalk, and writing and drawing on the blackboard.

Four or five children, including Jinghua, who were not very old, carried stools and sat in front of Jinghua's house, watching their teacher write and draw on the blackboard. They stared with their bright black eyes and nodded repeatedly.

Xiao Bai glanced at the blackboard a few times and noticed that what Teacher Jinghua was writing on the blackboard seemed to be some elementary and middle school level math problems.

Is this teaching?

Before even getting close to Jinghua's house, Xiaobai looked at the scene in front of Jinghua's house with some surprise.

The teaching environment for this teacher at Jinghua seems a bit rudimentary...

Just as Xiaobai and his group approached Jinghua's house, Jinghua, who was writing and drawing on the blackboard, paused. He looked up at Xiaobai and put down the chalk in his hand.

Jinghua also noticed Xiaobai and the others. She quickly stood up from the group of children and waved her hand at Xiaobai.

"Admiral Sister!! You're here!!"

Jinghua smiled and ran towards Xiaobai.

Jinghua's actions drew the attention of the other children around her to Xiaobai. Immediately, a group of children stood up from their benches and, along with Jinghua, gathered around Xiaobai.

Wow, big sisters, where did you all come from?!

"Your hair is so white! Are you from the city?"

"Big sister, big sister, Sister Jinghua told us about you before. They said you guys are really amazing..."

As a group of children gathered around, their chatter filled the air, instantly blocking Xiaobai's path.